bemusement

plural bemusements

1. The state of being bemused.

   Near-synonyms: preoccupation, perplexity, bewilderment, speechlessness (all sometimes overlapping in meaning)

   2 more examples

   Wrex touches his grandfather's armor, his expression… thoughtful, perhaps? Krogan are hard to read. Then he shakes off his bemusement and grips his gun with renewed purpose.

   2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuntau

   The response to this latest scandal has taken a familiar turn, dividing along gender lines. While senior women have condemned it, many of the Financial Times’ (male) readers have expressed unhappy bemusement at finding this article on the front page.

   2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian

   Synonyms: preoccupation, perplexity, bewilderment, speechlessness